Does Araragi Become a Vampire Again

Koyomi Araragi (阿良々木 暦, Araragi Koyomi) is the main protagonist of the Monogatari series and the nearly frequent narrator. He is a 3rd year high school student who survived a vampire attack during spring pause, and barely regained his human life in the time that followed. Since then, he'due south been affiliated with Shinobu Oshino, the vampire that had attacked him, and continues to feed her his claret. As such, he'southward still not entirely human being and certain vampire traits remain, such every bit regeneration.

Koyomi is the narrator of all Start Season and Final Season arcs as well as two from Second Flavour, four from Off Season, and three from Monster Flavor. He is the titular protagonist of two primary arcs: Koyomi Vamp and Koyomi Reverse, as well equally the twelve short stories of Koyomimonogatari. He is besides the titular protagonist of one minor arc: Koyomi History.

Contents

• ane Referrals / Nicknames
• 2 Advent
• 3 Personality
• iv Groundwork
• 5 Plot
  • 5.1 Koyomi Vamp
  • 5.ii Koyomi Rock
  • 5.3 Tsubasa Family
  • v.four Hitagi Crab
  • five.5 Mayoi Mai Mai (Snail)
  • v.half-dozen Suruga Monkey
  • v.7 Nadeko Serpent
  • five.8 Tsubasa Cat
  • v.nine Karen Bee
  • 5.x Tsukihi Phoenix
  • five.11 Mayoi Jiangshi
  • v.12 Shinobu Time
  • 5.13 Shinobu Postal service
  • 5.14 Tsubasa Tiger
  • 5.15 Ougi Formula
  • 5.16 Sodachi Riddle
  • 5.17 Sodachi Lost
  • five.eighteen Nadeko Medusa
  • 5.19 Hitagi End
  • 5.twenty Yotsugi Doll
  • 5.21 Koyomi Nothing
  • 5.22 Koyomi Dead
  • 5.23 Mayoi Hell
  • 5.24 Hitagi Rendezvous
  • five.25 Ougi Night
  • 5.26 Koyomi Reverse
  • v.27 Suruga Devil
  • 5.28 Zenka Mermaid
  • 5.29 Nozomi Golem
  • 5.30 Mitome Wolf
  • 5.31 Tsuzura Human
  • 5.32 Shinobu Mastered
• half-dozen Catchphrases / Running Gags
• seven Appears In
  • 7.1 Main Series
  • 7.2 Short Stories
  • 7.3 Manga
  • 7.4 Other
• viii Trivia
• 9 Gallery
• x References
• xi Navigation

Referrals / Nicknames

• Araragi (阿良々木) - Deishuu Kaiki, Sodachi Oikura
• Araragi-dono (阿良々木殿) - Seishirou Shishirui
• Araragi-kun (阿良々木くん) - Tsubasa Hanekawa, Hitagi Senjougahara, Meme Oshino, Tadatsuru Teori
• Araragi-san (阿良々木さん) - Mayoi Hachikuji
• Arararagi-san (阿良々々木さん or アラララギさん) - Mayoi Hachikuji
• Araragi-senpai (阿良々木先輩) - Suruga Kanbaru, Ougi Oshino
• Boku (僕) - Koyomi Araragi
• Geboku (下僕) - Buss-Shot Acerola-Orion Centre-Under-Bract
• Kichiku na Onii-yan (鬼畜なお兄やん) - Yozuru Kagenui
• Koyomi (暦) - Hitagi Senjougahara
• Koyomin (コヨミン) - Izuko Gaen
• Koyokoyo (コヨコヨ) - Hitagi Senjougahara
• Koyomi-onii-chan (暦お兄ちゃん) - Nadeko Sengoku
• Nii-chan (兄ちゃん) - Karen Araragi
• Onii-chan (お兄ちゃん) - Tsukihi Araragi
• Onii-chan (鬼いちゃん) - Yotsugi Ononoki
• Oni-no-Onii-chan (鬼のお兄ちゃん) - Yotsugi Ononoki
• Omae-sama (お前様) - Shinobu Oshino
• Thrall of Heart Nether-Blade - Dramaturgy, Episode, Guillotine Cutter
• Waga aruji-sama (吾主様) - Shinobu Oshino
• Yokoyoko (ヨコヨコ) - Hitagi Senjougahara

Appearance

In the adaptations that draw him, Koyomi is shown to exist a fellow with black hair, grey eyes, and a medium complexion. His hair commonly covers his left eye, though information technology covers his right in the Kizumonogatari films. After Koyomi Vamp, he decides he should abound out his hair more to hide the bite marks on his neck. While it doesn't always seem entirely consistent, his hair does generally seem to get longer over the course of the chronological club in the anime accommodation, with Bakemonogatari featuring relatively short hair, Tsukimonogatari with slightly longer pilus, and Hanamonogatari with considerably long hair.

If not wearing his school uniform, he dresses casually, often clad in a hoodie and jeans. Equally noted by his sisters, his fashion sense is far from beauteous. A feature unique to Koyomi and his sisters is a very expressive ahoge, which often changes shape to mirror his emotions. Before concept art past VOFAN did not originally have this feature.

He's quite physically fit as a result of becoming a vampire, though information technology's normally merely noticeable when he doesn't wear a shirt.

An original pattern for Araragi by VOFAN

Designs for Bakemonogatari

Designs for Nisemonogatari

Designs for Otorimonogatari in the middle.

Designs for Hanamonogatari

Designs for Tsukimonogatari

Child designs for Owarimonogatari

Designs for Kizumonogatari

Designs for Owarimonogatari ii

Designs for Zoku Owarimonogatari

Personality

Koyomi is a laid-back individual. Prior to his experience during his last spring interruption where he met Tsubasa Hanekawa, he was rather asocial in high school, claiming that having friends would "lower his integrity as a human being," due to a negative experience during his first yr. This credo seems to have multiple implications, equally his explanations seem to change slightly in different instances. In Koyomi Vamp, he describes it equally an idea that existence close to others could ultimately damage him. If his friends got hurt, he would besides exist hurt. It gives a person more weak points. In Ougi Formula, which describes the scenario that birthed this expression, explains it in a slightly different way. Instead, it shows how he found disturbance in the fact that a "truth" can be made just by numbers. Something doesn't have to actually be true, but if a majority of people say it is, it'southward treated as such. He has his own sense of what's right, and doesn't want to be a function of the "bulk rule" in deciding justice. In either example, both explanations support isolation and the thought that he would exist stronger as a person if he was lone.

His experience with Hanekawa caused him to open up and be more than open up to making friends. He's a poor academic educatee, close to failing every form except math. At home, Koyomi is the simply person who thinks that his family relationship is bad, while his younger sisters, Karen Araragi and Tsukihi Araragi, believe differently.

It is revealed through conversations that he's quite knowledgeable on anime as noted past Nadeko Sengoku, who appears to be a bit of a closet otaku. Other characters, Mayoi Hachikuji and Hitagi Senjougahara especially, seem to speculate that Koyomi is a lolicon.

Koyomi has a want to assist those around him and believes strongly in taking responsibility for personal matters that he could take helped despite not beingness any of his business. This desire causes him to acquit recklessly or abuse his regeneration powers when faced with dangerous situations. Koyomi'southward desire to help is often portrayed as his own selfish desire and seen by those around him as being too soft towards other people.

Background

Koyomi is the eldest of iii siblings, with Karen and Tsukihi equally his younger sisters. Their parents tend to be abroad from home for long hours since they work every bit police officers, likely the cause for the sense of justice the siblings share. Prior to when the serial takes place, Koyomi spent most of his high schoolhouse life as an outcast and by and large failed student, only ever being practiced at math due to being tutored by Sodachi Oikura when he was younger. After a certain situation, he decided he didn't need friends, equally they would "lower his integrity every bit a human."

Before his encounter with Hitagi, he was attacked past a vampire during bound intermission and became a vampire himself. Although Meme Oshino helped him become more or less homo once more, at that place are several lingering side-effects such as enhanced vision, superhuman strength, and regeneration. He remains scared of morning sunlight, though it no longer affects him. During this same outcome, he likewise met Tsubasa Hanekawa, who changed his perception on making friends.

In his third year of loftier school, he becomes Tsubasa's form vice president on account of her wanting him to "plough his life effectually." This makes the 2 of them responsible for planning events and dealing with other class affairs.

Plot

Koyomi Vamp

This section contains content from Kizumonogatari.
On the 24-hour interval of the closing anniversary of his second year of high school and the very start of spring break, the anti-social Koyomi met Tsubasa Hanekawa for the first fourth dimension after wind had blown her brim up, revealing her panties. Through this odd circumstance, the two get friends, and Koyomi's friendless philosophy was supposedly broken.

After that dark, Koyomi couldn't cease thinking lustful thoughts afterward seeing a daughter's panties in person. After sneaking out of the firm to purchase a porn magazine at the book store, he ends up encountering a limbless vampire who demands him to requite his own life so she tin alive. He eventually panics and runs abroad, but changes his mind subsequently hearing her weep for her life. He offers his claret to save the vampire, ready to die.

When he awakes, he finds he never died, and that the vampire had turned into a 10 year old girl. Later on she saves him from the dominicus after it had caused him to grab on burn down, she reveals that her name is Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Bract. She explains that he can turn back into a homo if he gets all of her missing limbs back from the vampire hunters that stole them from her. Well encountering these vampire hunters for the first time and nearly beingness killed past them, a strange man named Meme Oshino came to save him.

With his aid, Koyomi was able to negotiate with each hunter and battle each one on i for the limbs. He fought Dramaturgy, the vampire slaying vampire, Episode, the one-half-vampire, and Guillotine Cutter, the human priest that aims to destroy all unholy oddities. Through out these battles, his relationship with Hanekawa grows, despite attempting to rudely push her away to prevent her from getting harmed. She ultimately gets wrapped into the fights, causing him to save her. His use of vampire powers also escalates with each battle.

Once he succeeds in obtaining the stolen limbs (and the centre, secretly stolen by and existence kept by Oshino), Kiss-shot returns to her original form. The ii chit-chat for a while and become along quite nicely. Earlier Osculation-shot reveals how she'll turn him back into a human, Koyomi goes on a trip to the store to become some snacks. Upon his return, he walks in on her savagely eating Guillotine Cutter. Shocked and outraged, Koyomi runs abroad and contemplates suicide for reviving a monster that eats people. Hanekawa convinces him to alive and encourages him to slay Osculation-shot himself before someone else could exist eaten. She nearly allows him to impact her breasts as means to "prepare him for the fight," only he changes his heed at the last minute, realizing that it'southward not something "friends" were normally supposed to exercise.

He battles Kiss-shot with the intent to kill her. The fight ultimately seems pointless, every bit the two regenerate at extremely rapid rates, healing all seemingly fatal wounds near instantaneously. Through this fight, her truthful intentions are revealed. Afterward sucking her blood to the brink of death, Buss shot admits she planned on having Koyomi kill her. That way, she could finally find a proper style to die and allow a minion of hers to plow dorsum into a man, every bit the death of the principal causes the servant vampire to regain humanity. This would save her of her guilt regarding her first minion, in which she was unwilling to save long agone. Instead, after having her programme revealed, Koyomi rejects information technology every bit he doesn't want to kill her.

With the help of Meme Oshino, he finds a compromise that leaves no one's wishes granted. Instead of killing her completely, he would get her to the brink of expiry, weakening her power, making him as shut to homo as possible. In render, she'd be so weak that she wouldn't even be able to have the aforementioned proper noun anymore, nor hunger for humans. In order to go along her alive, Koyomi would occasionally feed her his blood. This plan goes through. The now unnamed vampire holds a grudge and refuses to speak. At the same time, Koyomi'south human relationship with Tsubasa seems to exist head in a positive direction, every bit they end upwardly in the same class.

Koyomi Stone

This department contains content from Koyomimonogatari.
Hanekawa tells Koyomi about a stone statue that appeared to to be worshiped on the campus of Naoetsu Private Loftier School. She had never seen the shrine when she outset starting going to the schoolhouse there, meaning it had to be placed recently. She suggests he should tell Oshino virtually it to repay some of his debt from spring break, as information technology seems like an odd occurrence that would relate to him.

Koyomi goes to Oshino and tells him near the rock simply he questions him whether it was an oddity or non. He asks Koyomi for a sketch. After drawing, Koyomi begins feeling like he's seen the rock earlier. Oshino tells him not to worry and that the stone isn't an oddity. He suggests Tsubasa should check the school'south curriculum, and maybe he'd understand.

Oshino looks at Koyomi`due south sketch

Back at schoolhouse, Hanekawa explains to Koyomi that the school offers woodworking classes to the beginning yr students, and the misshapen wooden firm was a probable a class project that was put in the flowerbed with the stone to avert throwing it away. Koyomi later destroys the shrine, having realized that information technology was his own projection he'd fabricated two years ago, and had attempted to become rid of past making it a "shrine" for the stone. Upon farther inspection, he finds that the stone turned out to just be a piece of concrete.

Tsubasa Family

This section contains content from Nekomonogatari.

During Golden Calendar week, Koyomi has been overwhelmed past an unexplainable feeling he go whenever he sees Tsubasa. Not certain what else to exercise, he asks his sisters most the situation. Tsukihi thinks that he'south falling in love, but needs to distinguish truthful honey from sexual frustration first. The 2 come to the determination that he's just sexually frustrated and what he's feeling isn't love later all. On the other hand, Karen thinks that his view of Tsubasa is understandable, and doesn't seem to differentiate love with lust.

Koyomi soon meets Tsubasa by chance and they take a quick stroll. Here, he finds out that Tsubasa was striking past her male parent that morning time, and her cheek was covered by bandages because of that. She makes him hope not to tell anyone earlier he decides to assist her by using his vampire blood to heal the wound on her cheek. Afterwards, Koyomi and Tsubasa meet a dead cat lying on the road, and Koyomi goes with her as she buries the cat nearby. Later that mean solar day, Tsubasa transforms into a girl with feline traits and silver hair for the first time and attacks him.

Worried about Tsubasa'south condition, he asks for Meme's help. Meme tries to subdue Tsubasa in her new class, only was unable to defeat her using non-lethal tactics even after twenty attempts. Koyomi then decides to deal with Tsubasa past himself. In his need to borrow the nameless vampire'south oddity-killing sword: Kokorowatari, he pleaded to her for days. Somewhen, he managed to brand her lend the sword to him.

Soon, he curtained the sword in his body and lured Tsubasa into coming to the ruins of Eikou Cram School. There, he finds out that Tsubasa has a degree of control over the sawarineko that apparently "possessed" her, and that her actions as the oddity were fuelled by her own thoughts. Enraged by this, Tsubasa attacks Koyomi and splits him in ii, and ends upward being injured by the Kokorowatari. However, Koyomi is shocked as the sawarineko loses control of itself, risking Tsubasa'southward identity in the process.

Koyomi was later rescued by the vampire girl, who was disappointed in seeing him employ the sword in such a wrong manner. After swallowing the sword, she bites Tsubasa, suppressing the oddity inside her. Koyomi later makes a consummate recovery after the vampire uses her presence to boost Koyomi's regenerative abilities.

Afterwards the events during Gilded Week, Koyomi gives upwardly on his feelings towards Tsubasa, but remains good friends with her.

Hitagi Crab

This section contains content from Bakemonogatari.
Koyomi meets the placidity Hitagi Senjougahara by take chances when she falls downward the school'southward spiral staircase. At that place, he discovers that she weighs close to nothing. He later on talks nearly the incident to his friend and class representative, Tsubasa Hanekawa, while in the eye of their brainstorming for the upcoming schoolhouse festival. Unknown to him, Senjougahara overheard the conversation.

Hitagi confronts Koyomi about discovering her secret status and asks him to go on serenity virtually it and to ignore her presence, leaving behind a piece of staple wire driven to his cheek as a threat if he breaks his promise. In spite of this, Araragi approaches Hitagi minutes later, showing that the wound he got from her attack had amazingly already healed. He tells her he knows someone that might exist able to help her return to normal.

Koyomi takes Hitagi by bicycle to Meme Oshino at Eikou Cram School. Oshino welcomes them and explains how he'south given the former Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Nether-Bract a new name: Shinobu Oshino. Koyomi tells Meme about Hitagi'south situation. Afterward finding out that a supernatural entity called a "weight-crab" caused Hitagi's loss of mass, Meme agrees to help, although reminding Hitagi that only she tin assist herself overcome her condition.^[1]

Koyomi`s new weight

At midnight, Koyomi joins Hitagi on the ceremony that was designed to allow communication betwixt Hitagi and the oddity that stole her weight. Initially, the ceremony went smoothly equally planned, simply the weight-crab that manifested suddenly attacks Hitagi. Fortunately, Meme is able to subdue the oddity enough for Hitagi to voice out her request. The weight-crab leaves soon later on, curing Hitagi's condition at the cost of remembering her painful memories with her family unit. Hitagi so declares her friendship with Koyomi. Koyomi would later become a victim of the weight-crab, although it was evident that the oddity left almost immediately.^[two]

Mayoi Mai Mai (Snail)

On Female parent'southward Twenty-four hours, Koyomi plans to spend the twenty-four hours at the park after having an statement with his younger sister Karen. He is soon joined by Hitagi, who sports a new attire, and accompanies Koyomi at the park. They soon talk about Hitagi's decision to pay back her debt from Koyomi and his problems at domicile.

Koyomi sees Hachikuji for the outset time

Koyomi'south attention soon shifts to a young girl who appears to exist looking for directions. The daughter, named Mayoi, repeatedly rejects Koyomi'southward friendly gestures, so he eventually loses his atmosphere and a fight broke out between the two; unsurprisingly, Koyomi won. He then takes the take a chance to look at the slip of newspaper which has an address on information technology and, after asking Hitagi's help to go to where the accost is, takes Mayoi forth with them. She doesn't like Hitagi.

Koyomi discovers that he and Hitagi are unable to locate the accost Mayoi provided, so they ask help from Meme through a personal visit past Hitagi. While Koyomi waits, he talks to Mayoi and when he tries to touch her, she bites him. He has to punch her and knocks her out (again) and so she releases his hand which is bleeding. Tsubasa Hanekawa passes by, sees Koyomi, and meets Mayoi, who dislikes her, besides. Tsubasa find Mayoi so cute that she would "gobble her up". But Tsubasa scolds her for biting Koyomi's hand, knocks her head once, and demands an apology. Mayoi apologizes to Koyomi. And so Tsubasa also scolds Koyomi for hitting a child without explaining why so the kid can understand what she did was wrong.

Tsubasa asks if Mayoi lives nearby, and Koyomi explains that she is lost, but he sent Hitagi to get someone. She comments most his asking information on Hitagi, simply she leaves that lonely and leaves, instructing him to tell Hitagi that she said "Hi".

Koyomi receives a phone call from Hitagi's cellphone, but Meme Oshino is making the call. He talks about the new apparitions, and how Koyomi gets involved with them. Meme gets interrupted when he gets a threat from Hitagi and her stapler. Meme will give Hitagi the instructions of how to handle this new apparition, which is a ghost or a "lost cow". Then Meme hangs upwards.

While Koyomi waits once more, he confesses to Mayoi that he doesn't go forth with his parents since he started loftier school, and his female parent said that with his mental attitude he will always be a kid who can never grow upwardly. Mayoi mispronounces Koyomi's terminal name quite a few times. Koyomi reveals some of his problems to Mayoi, and she reveals her parents breaking up and her fear of forgetting her mother to him

Hitagi declares her beloved to Koyomi

Hitagi returns, detects the odour of another adult female'southward shampoo (Tsubasa), apologizes and confesses that she cannot see Mayoi. Mayoi tells Koyomi her story and how she got lost while searching for her mother. Koyomi tells Hitagi that getting Mayoi to her mother is his duty. Hitagi reveals that she understands why Koyomi will help Mayoi because he is kind and will rescue anyone. She then, without alarm, declares that she loves him in English.

Hitagi helps Koyomi notice the accost with a play a trick on she learned from Meme. They walk in a different management and end at an empty lot due to rezoning. Mayoi cries "I'm home!" and disappears.

Hitagi ask Koyomi his reply, since she wanted him to express his feelings beginning. She enjoys talking with him and wants to talk with him more. He requests ane status or promise: pretend to see thing that she actually tin't see or pretend not to see things that you really can - there will be none of that from now on. If they don't agree on something, then they will sit downwards and talk almost information technology. She agrees, and they start to leave. She grabs his hand and asks him to put into words their new human relationship. He answers "Senjougahara Fascination", and she smiles.

Next morning, Koyomi sees Mayoi again and wonders why. She explains that she graduated from a "haunting spirit" to a "wandering spirit" and she will be wandering effectually the area for a while. She asks him to say "Hello" to her whenever he sees her.

Suruga Monkey

Koyomi meets Suruga Kanbaru in a take chances encounter, where they introduce each other. Suruga is shocked to find out that Koyomi knows and is dating Hitagi, her senior. Later that dark, Koyomi lies to Hitagi about his activity and is assaulted by a hooded figure, and is later on establish and scolded past Hitagi. Subsequently conferring with Oshino on the matter, information technology is revealed that Suruga is under the influence of a demon, whose antiquity she and her female parent mistook for a Monkey's Paw. Koyomi decides to suspension the contract between the demon and Suruga before her third wish (her start two having to do with people she took to be the source of her problems, including Koyomi) past rendering the intent to kill Koyomi void. Hitagi catches air current of this and intervenes at the terminal 2d as Koyomi is mercilessly pummeled by the demon-driven Suruga. Suruga is hesitant on attacking Hitagi and the demon's hold on her breaks.

Nadeko Ophidian

After a reunion with his childhood acquaintance, Nadeko Sengoku, at North Shirahebi Shrine after several years, Koyomi finds out that she has been cursed with a excruciating snake curse from 1 of her classmates. Koyomi seeks Meme's help in order to dispel the curse from Nadeko and gets Suruga Kanbaru's assistance in carrying out the ritual. Nevertheless, the ritual involves reversing the curse back to its original caster to which Koyomi impulsively reacts desperately to until Suruga reminds him of who he wants to salve in the kickoff identify. The expletive is and then reversed and Nadeko is released from it.

Tsubasa Cat

Koyomi is preparing for the schoolhouse's civilisation festival until he was greeted by Nadeko who wanted to thank him from being costless of the Jagirinawa's curse. He then asks her on how long she was waiting for him. Nadeko had waited for Koyomi for four hours in her middle school's uniform and she had to apologize to him for being stupid. Nadeko then requests Koyomi to bring back the volleyball shorts and school swimsuit to Suruga after she had used in the ritual. Koyomi did not hesitate to Nadeko's request at all. 1 moment later on the two of them were caught by Tsubasa Hanekawa.

After Nadeko hurriedly left Koyomi and Tsubasa behind, Koyomi referred Nadeko as his little sister's friend to Tsubasa. Tsubasa asks what happened to Nadeko'south aberration with a worried expect. When Koyomi said that it was solved with Oshino's help again, she was relieved.

Sectional to the novel, Koyomi was in a rush to get the classroom's keys that involves Hitagi Senjougahara. Tsubasa points out to Koyomi that she has been hearing rumors about him being a bad influence to Senjougahara. She also brings up other rumors involving other girls too to the indicate that Tsubasa thinks Koyomi is a ladies' man. Tsubasa denied the rumors and claims that she has not ever lied in her life. She so supports Koyomi to stand up with Senjougahara in getting over her affliction.

Halfway through their chat, Tsubasa all of a sudden had a headache and she said she was fine. Koyomi sees her telling a lie and he wanted her to go to the schoolhouse nurse. Tsubasa declined his offer and decided to get habitation and study to let the hurting slide. At the cease of their talk, Tsubasa wanted Koyomi to put the volleyball shorts and school swimsuit away since Koyomi was holding them like it was treasure.

Karen Bee

This section contains content from Nisemonogatari.
At the kickoff of summer vacation, Koyomi undergoes tutoring from Tsubasa and Hitagi. During this time, his sisters take noticed that he had stopped physically fighting them, unaware that this is to prevent killing them equally a effect of his lingering vampire powers. He later discusses his plans about his underground as a vampire from Mayoi, before heading to Nadeko in a promised visit to her business firm.

Koyomi and Kaiki meet for the first time

Subsequently being kicked out of Nadeko'due south and paying a visit to Suruga Kanbaru's, Koyomi meets a mysterious effigy who introduces himself as Deishuu Kaiki. Afterward when he tells Hitagi of this, she knocks him out and imprisons him for his own safety. Koyomi learns from Hitagi that Kaiki is the conman who deceived her mother. Koyomi breaks complimentary when he subsequently gets a text from his sister asking for help. However, Hitagi merely lets him exit when she gets a phone call from Tsubasa.

Koyomi finds Karen in a feverish country and eventually learns that Kaiki inflicted her with poison from a supernatural bee during a confrontation with him. He is told by Shinobu Oshino, who he learns is really quite talkative, that he must drain the poison from her. He manages to drain half of it, diminishing her fever somewhat.

Koyomi is told by Hitagi that she has planned a meeting with Kaiki and convinces her non to confront him without him being there. He later returns home to find that Karen has left to once over again meet upwards with Kaiki. With Shinobu'southward assist he finds her but a serious boxing ensues between them. However, he manages to convince Karen that her sense of justice is wrong and to permit him deal with Kaiki instead. He and Hitagi afterwards confront Kaiki who has already decided to get out the city and assures Koyomi that Karen volition recover in a matter of days. Hitagi lets off the years of pain she had harbored against him and allows him to go out unscathed.

Tsukihi Phoenix

During this time, Koyomi starts finding himself in more than lecherous positions with his sisters. For instance, when he and Karen play a game where Koyomi brushes her teeth the 2 are defenseless up in the moment and aroused by it. It even reaches to the point where Karen even gives her brother consent to grope her. He doesn't due to Tsukihi walking in on them. He besides strips Tsukihi, simply it is before long revealed that this was due to his shock in finding that her scars had completely disappeared. Notwithstanding, he does grope her, claiming that he but wanted to come across what her breasts felt like. After, due to certain circumstances he kisses Tsukihi and confirms he felt nothing from it. He then proceeds to put his life on the line for her, subsequently taking a beating worse than even the time he fought Kanbaru.

Mayoi Jiangshi

This section contains content from Kabukimonogatari.
Koyomi reminisces his conversation with Ougi Oshino about road prophylactic. Later, Koyomi looks for Mayoi to return her backpack that she left at his business firm. During his search, he meets Yotsugi Ononoki and he spends some time in a conversation with her for a while with Mayoi as one of their topics. After being unsuccessful in finding Mayoi, Koyomi returns to his house. Shinobu reminds him that he only has a few hours left to finish his summer homework. Hearing this, Koyomi panics and asks Shinobu to give him a time car to travel to the day before.^[iii]

Although Shinobu reprimands him for being excessively dependent on her powers, she brings him to Kita-Shirahebi Shrine and uses the residuum energy within the complex to create a portal to the past.^[3] To Koyomi'southward daze, he and Shinobu are mistakenly brought by the portal to May 13, eleven years into the past, the mean solar day earlier the blow that claimed Mayoi Hachikuji'south life. Koyomi decides to salvage Mayoi using this opportunity. With some aid from Shinobu, they are able to track down Mayoi and forbid the vehicular accident that killed her before helping Mayoi in reaching the Tsunade Residence, where her mother is living.^[4]

Shinobu and Koyomi return to the Kita-Shirahebi Shrine and Shinobu creates another portal to the present time. Upon their render, all the same, they stumble upon a ruined landscape.^[four] Koyomi eventually pieces down the clues to determine that they are in a mail-apocalyptic scenario. Shinobu later clarifies that the end of the globe was indirectly caused by Koyomi's rescue of Mayoi, preventing Koyomi from finding Shinobu and bringing her to end the world, especially with Koyomi eventually dying in the hands of Black Hanekawa. Although stricken with guilt, Shinobu is cheered upwards by Koyomi, who prioritizes their survival for the concurrently. As a consequence, Shinobu regains her vampire powers and, as Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Centre-Nether-Bract spreads her influence by turning mankind into incomplete vampires that resemble zombies before attempting to kill herself through self-immolation.^[5]

In an attempt to notice survivors, Koyomi scavenges fireworks and makes a makeshift summer festival with Shinobu.^[v] Later, they alert their presence to the zombies simply are saved by a daughter who Koyomi later discovers is Mayoi Hachikuji, at present a 21-year-old survivor. Later Mayoi finds out that he is Koyomi Araragi, she hands over a letter addressed to him past none other that Meme Oshino. Subsequently reading Meme'southward alphabetic character, Koyomi decides to part ways with Mayoi and focus more on stopping Buss-Shot Acerola-Orion Center-Under-Blade.^[six]

Shinobu and Koyomi confront Buss-Shot in Kita-Shirahebi Shrine, armed with replicas of the Kokorowatari. However, although Kiss-Shot appears in her injured state, she did not plow aggressive towards them. Instead, she shows self-pity for bringing herself to such a scenario, and chooses to sacrifice her energy to Shinobu in order to create a portal to the proper present fourth dimension.

The two eventually return to August 21 of the present time. With Koyomi late for class with undone homework, he heads back home with Mayoi tagging along later looking for him.^{[half dozen]}

Shinobu Time

This section contains content from Onimonogatari.
On their mode back to the Araragi Residence to remember Mayoi's backpack, both Mayoi and Koyomi suddenly finds an unseen entity pursuing them. The chase eventually brings them to Yotsugi, who agrees to help them despite having a job herself. Yotsugi brings them to Eikou Cram Schoolhouse, and leaves them in that location momentarily, long plenty for Shinobu to tell the story of how she created her first minion in hopes that it would aid identify their most recent threat. Yotsugi eventually returns to accompany Koyomi, Mayoi and Shinobu, although the sudden reappearance of the entity subsequently called "The Darkness" separates Shinobu from Koyomi.

Although Koyomi is worried near Shinobu's safety, Yotsugi pushes him to focus on looking for Izuko Gaen, who tin can help them in dealing with "The Darkness." As they achieve Gaen, she requests Koyomi perform a chore for her later that night with Suruga Kanbaru in exchange that she explains what's going on. He agrees, and she reveals that "The Darkness" is targeting Mayoi because of her denying to pass on and not post-obit her role as a lost snail oddity. Koyomi refuses to let Mayoi be consumed, and is fifty-fifty willing to stay lost with Mayoi. Just, Mayoi denies his offer, and considers leaving the right thing to practise.

Shinobu Mail

This section contains content from Owarimonogatari.
Koyomi meets Suruga Kanbaru later that night in Eikou Cram School as promised. Soon afterwards her arrival, a beingness in suited armor arrives requesting the Kokorowatari exist returned to him. Later a cursory skirmish with Kanbaru, the building starts on fire, unknowingly equally a result of Kako burning it. The being leaves the two in the burning fire as their fate seems grim. Yotsugi Ononoki comes to save them, extinguishing the burn down with her Unlimited Rulebook ability.

Later Yotsugi places a "specialist mark" on his face with her foot without him realizing information technology in guild to keep him condom, he and Suruga head to look for Gaen. The two face familiar struggles to that of old oddities such as the lost snail and a non-oddity that takes the form of a heavy rock crab, Rainy Devil, and Jagirinawa hybrid before finding Shinobu Oshino at Namishiro Park.

The group finally meets Gaen at N Shirahebi Shrine, where she explains that Shinobu'southward start minion, unknowingly to Koyomi named Seishirou Shishirui, has returned after existence unable to die due to his immortality. He came back not only to claim his sword dorsum, but to be by Shinobu'south side in one case once again. Shinobu is in denial about the state of affairs and refuses to see him. In club to settle their problems, Seishirou requests a duel be held, with the winner getting to exist with Shinobu.

Tsubasa`s message to Koyomi

When about to face the start ane, he receives a text from Tsubasa that shows a picture of her sticking her tongue out. This alerts Koyomi of the situation she and Hitagi are currently in, as Tsubasa is about to defend Tamikura-sou from Kako before it tin can burn down the building down and kill Hitagi and her father. He considers abandoning the duel in club to salvage them, only decides to stay under his trust that she tin handle herself.

The duel commences. Seishirou manages to become the sword get-go, merely Koyomi places a tailsman on him the moment he comes into contact with him. This causes him to melt and hardly stay together. Shinobu arrives to swallow his remains entirely, completing his suicide while apologizing for beingness so stubborn against against him.

Tsubasa Tiger

This department contains content from Nekomonogatari.

Koyomi subsequently his duel with Shishirou

When Tsubasa was about to exist killed on the railroad near Hitagi's firm past Kako, Koyomi came out of nowhere in tattered apparel after completing the duel with Seishirou Shishirui. He cast Shinobu'south sword, Kokorowatari, into the back of Kako's neck from a distance, thereby ending the tiger'southward peppery rampage with one fatal strike. Before the tiger'south imminent death, he asks Tsubasa if she wanted to absorb information technology into her torso. After reassuring Tsubasa that she is herself with or without the tiger, Koyomi declined her confession of dearest. Koyomi would remain by her side, comforting Tsubasa.

Ougi Formula

This section contains content from Owarimonogatari.

Sodachi Riddle

Sodachi Lost

Nadeko Medusa

This department contains content from Otorimonogatari.
During tardily October, Koyomi is given a talisman past Izuko Gaen to watch over for the meantime. Meanwhile, Nadeko begins suffering from seeing hallucinations of white snakes, something that she tries to keep a secret from Koyomi. Somewhen, an entity called Kuchinawa makes contact with Nadeko, and Nadeko is given a mission to recollect the snake-like entity's body, which eventually brings Nadeko to Koyomi's chamber. This start visit to Koyomi's sleeping accommodation allows Nadeko to talk to Tsukihi once again, as well every bit lose her forelocks for the first time.

Koyomi eventually sees Nadeko in the act of taking Izuko'south talisman later she sneaked into the house for a 2nd visit. Because of a misunderstanding with Koyomi and some harsh words from Shinobu Oshino, Nadeko is brought to swallow the talisman, transforming her into a snake god. Both Koyomi and Shinobu confront her at the shrine but are are brought close to death by Nadeko'due south attacks. Hitagi interrupts and manages to enter a bargain with Nadeko, request her to expect until graduation solar day until she could exact her revenge.

Hitagi End

This section contains content from Koimonogatari.
Koyomi spends much of his time studying for his higher exams. He does occasionally visit Nadeko, now the local god of Kita-Shirahebi Shrine, but every visit always ends upwardly with him coming home gravely injured past Nadeko. Without Koyomi knowing most it, Hitagi has asked the aid of Deishuu Kaiki to deceive Nadeko and allow her and Koyomi to alive past their graduation twenty-four hour period.

He appears at what he thought was another visit to the shrine, after Nadeko has been "tricked" by Kaiki into reverting back to a homo and discovering other aspects in life other than her unrequited love. Here, Koyomi expresses his guilt for non existence able to help Nadeko even with his powerlessness to save her and rejectedly learns from Kaiki of his harmful existence to Nadeko. Following Deishuu's advice, Koyomi chooses to keep out of her life from then on.

Yotsugi Doll

This department contains content from Tsukimonogatari.
Koyomi wakes one morning to find he no longer has a reflection in the mirror. Worried that he might exist turning back into a full vampire, he contacts Ononoki Yotsugi and Yozuru Kagenui for help. The 2 find he is in fact turning back into a vampire due to his excessive reliance on regeneration powers granted to him through feeding Shinobu Oshino his blood in gild to survive dangerous situations.

Araragi belongings on to Ononoki

They conclude by stating that the impairment cannot be undone. He tin nonetheless feed Shinobu, but otherwise all he tin can do is avoid using his powers in club to stay as human being equally possible, otherwise they'd have to kill him if he became a full fledged vampire again. While coming to terms with these implications, Kagenui receives a call notifying that Kanbaru and his sisters were being held captive by a rouge oddity specialist named Tadatsuru Teori. On his way to rescue them with Ononoki and Shinobu, he runs into Ougi Oshino and has a quick chat with her. Upon her leave, Ononoki comments on the possibility of her existence the "final dominate" who called Tadatsuru to the town in the first place.

Koyomi confronts Tadatsuru, as he comments on the fact that he feels like he's just "playing a role" and that things are falling into place too well. Before he could explain himself much farther, Ononoki kills him with Unlimited Rulebook.

From and so on, Ononoki is ordered to live in the Araragi Residence, pretending to be a doll, in society to protect Koyomi from intimidate danger. He remains without a reflection.

Koyomi Cipher

This section contains content from Koyomimonogatari.
Koyomi challenges Kagenui to a fight at the Northward Shirahebi Shrine to train without using his vampiric skills when a difficult situation comes up once again. This makes Kagenui giving him a alarm when he learns something from her, he volition die before actually learning it. Kagenui states her true purpose for sending Yotsugi Ononoki in his business firm to practise anything without being bothered by oddities. Koyomi asks a series of questions about her private life and the relationship with Ononoki who only addresses Kagenui as big sister. To know their relationship, Kagenui wants to continue the fight with him landing merely one shot to her to reveal Ononoki's true identity.

Koyomi desperately tries to get advice from Karen Araragi and he even persuaded her to fondle her breasts anytime she wanted to. Karen told him that information technology is impossible to do then since he was refused indirectly for request a sensitive question.

What he did instead was making a false victory again like when he did dorsum in summertime intermission. This fourth dimension however, he borrowed Shinobu's power in materializing thing to brand a pistol so he can land the shot. When he went back to the shrine, Kagenui suddenly went missing.

Koyomi Expressionless

Almost a month had passed, Koyomi goes to the shrine every morning even at the mean solar day of his college entrance test. At the shrine, he meets a serious Izuko Gaen who knows Kagenui'due south disappearance. With her gone, Yotsugi is no longer a threat to whatever incoming disharmonize. Due to the events happening around town, spiritual instability is occurring because Koyomi was not able to handle the piece of work entrusted from Gaen. It is that Koyomi can act on his own except the "other side" will do the same. To forbid further damage, Gaen kills him with the existent Kokorowatari to foreclose that "someone" from making its move.

At the moment he regained consciousness, he somehow reunites with Mayoi Hachikuji again for a long period of fourth dimension. When he looked around, they were no longer at the shrine when in fact they are at Avici Hell.

Mayoi Hell

This section contains content from Owarimonogatari.
After being killed, Araragi thinks near how how he ended upward in this situation before speaking to Hachikuji. He learns that the reason why he went to Hell is considering he saved a vampire, Osculation-shot, which is considered i of the worst crimes.

Hachikuji takes Araragi to encounter someone, with him realizing that even if he chose not to aid his friends, some other person would accept helped them eventually. Nevertheless, Araragi realizes that despite knowing this, he would still accept chosen to aid those people if he could redo his past. They get in at a place that appears to be the Kitashirahebi Shrine, with Tadatsuru Teori waiting for them there. Teori explains to Araragi that he has been killed with Kokorogatari, and plans to resurrect Araragi with Yumewatari, while Teori takes out his vampire traits. This style, Araragi will revive as a full human. A rope comes downwardly from the sky, which Gaen has dropped it down to Hell in gild to bring Araragi dorsum to life. As Araragi is being pulled dorsum upwards, he instinctively grabs Hachikuji, dragging her dorsum upwardly as well. Before they leave Hell, Teori reveals to Araragi that the "enemy" they are fighting against is Oshino Ougi.

Araragi is ressurected equally a full homo back at the shrine to witness Shinobu in her full Buss-shot course about to kill Gaen. When she is certain Araragi is safe, Shinobu releases Gaen. Gaen is shocked that Araragi brought Hachikuji with him, but she is also glad that he did. Araragi realizes that less than two minutes accept passed since he was sent to Hell, so he departs to school for the college entrance exam.

Hitagi Rendezvous

Araragi finishes his entrance exam and goes dwelling house to find Senjougahara waiting for him exterior his house. Senjougahara wants to get on a major appointment with him as it is close to White Twenty-four hours, a Japanese holiday occurring one month after Valentine'due south Twenty-four hours. Araragi agrees and the next day, goes to Senjougahara's home for the engagement. They visit a planetarium, a science museum, play bowling, have afternoon tea, and sing karaoke. Araragi carries (bridal acquit) Senjougahara to her car later on winning her challenge at karaoke. While they are heading habitation, Araragi apologizes to Senjougahara for not preparing any gifts for her on White Day. Senjougahara reveals she wants Araragi to call her past her given name, Hitagi, for the residual of his life. Araragi happily agrees to phone call her Hitagi, and Senjougahara begins calling him "Koyomi" in return.

Araragi walks domicile to detect Ougi waiting outside his house. Ougi asks him almost everything that has happened to him lately and ends the conversation by request Araragi if he will be on her side and assist her.

Ougi Dark

Koyomi Contrary

This department contains content from Zoku Owarimonogatari.

Suruga Devil

An older Koyomi in his automobile

This section contains content from Hanamonogatari.
After graduating from Naoetsu Individual High School, Koyomi received a yellow car as a graduation nowadays from his parents and has merely recently received his driver's license. While driving around town, he stumbles upon Suruga lying in the middle of a rural crossroad and gave her a ride in his car. Here, the 2 friends talk most his car, as well as Suruga'south dilemma regarding Rouka Numachi, a former acquaintance of Suruga's from heart schoolhouse. Koyomi's advice motivates Suruga in making the decision to face up Rouka over again.

The 24-hour interval after Rouka's last lucifer against Suruga, Koyomi is invited by Suruga to the Kanbaru Residence to take Suruga's hair cut back to the short 1 she sported during his beginning coming together with her. Koyomi besides agrees to ask help from his younger sister Tsukihi to locate Rouka's grave.

Zenka Mermaid

This section contains content from Musubimonogatari.
Koyomi, at present 23 years one-time, joins the Hearsay Department established past Izuko Gaen as a police officier to help with oddity-related cases.

Koyomi and a half mermaid named Zenka Suo investigate a drowning case at a river. He goes swimming in the river without incident and asks Shinobu for advice, who tells him that the attacks will proceed until he deals with the oddity causing them. He learns that the "culprit" is the soul of the very get-go drowning victim. The oddity's power prevents Araragi from diving into the river to help, so he has Suou use ane of her innate mermaid abilities, the "Mermaid'due south Song". Koyomi is able to catch onto the boy'due south soul's 'manus' and pull him to safety, resolving the incident.

Nozomi Golem

Mitome Wolf

Tsuzura Human

Shinobu Mastered

Catchphrases / Running Gags

• "Making friends would lower my integrity as a human."
• "And now for the epilogue or punch line for this episode."
• Gag with Mayoi Hachikuji
  • "Information technology'south Araragi!"
  • "No, you did it deliberately."
  • "It wasn't on purpose?!"

Appears In

Primary Series

• Bakemonogatari
• Kizumonogatari
• Nisemonogatari
• Nekomonogatari
• Kabukimonogatari
• Hanamonogatari
• Otorimonogatari
• Onimonogatari
• Koimonogatari
• Tsukimonogatari
• Koyomimonogatari
• Owarimonogatari
• Zoku Owarimonogatari
• Orokamonogatari
• Wazamonogatari
• Nademonogatari
• Musubimonogatari
• Shinobumonogatari
• Yoimonogatari
• Amarimonogatari
• Ougimonogatari
• Shinomonogatari

Curt Stories

• Bakemonogatari Anime Complete Guidebook
• Nisemonogatari Anime Complete Guidebook
• Yomiuri Shimbun
• Onimonogatari BD/DVD
• Bakemonogatari (Introduction)
• Anime Monogatari Series Heroine Volume two: Mayoi
• Anime Monogatari Series Heroine Book 7: Fire Sisters
• Madogatari Exhibition pamphlet

Manga

• Seishun Kijinden! Nishio Gakuen
• Bakemonogatari (manga)

Other

• Hyakumonogatari
• Bakemonogatari Portable
• Magica Quartet x Nisioisin
• Okitegami Kyouko no Bibouroku x Monogatari
• Mazemonogatari
• Kizumonogatari VR

Trivia

• While Koyomi is not depicted in the light novels' illustrations, he was notwithstanding designed by VOFAN. It was previously believed that Akio Watanabe, who supervises the character designs for the anime series, was responsible for his design, but VOFAN later corrected this on Twitter by showing his illustration that predated the anime series.^[7]
• The kanji for his given name (暦 koyomi) ways calendar. Likely to reference the wordplay, the Koyomimonogatari app that distributed the anime adaptation of the aforementioned name features calendars.
• While in that location is no directly or canonical narrative reason for his hair beingness slightly dissimilar in Kizumonogatari, information technology could likely be meant to represent his difference in personality in the story. Theoretically, he could have started covering his left eye instead of his right after the events of Koyomi Vamp had inverse him.
• It seems he nonetheless has vampire fangs although information technology's not shown much. The fangs are visible in Episode i of Bakemonogatari when he's about to pull a staple from his mouth.
• Later in the series when the ii come to terms with each other, Shinobu Oshino unremarkably refers to him as "Omae-sama," significant "you" with the -sama suffix used for extreme formality. In old Japanese when she first visited Nippon, the word "omae" was formal, but it now is considered rude, making Omae-sama sound somewhat ironic, likely past her intentions.
• Koyomi has a fetish for short-haired girls; a fact that caused Tsubasa and Hitagi to change their hairstyles during summer vacation. While likely non necessarily related to his fetish, almost all heroine characters besides Mayoi are besides depicted with short hair at some point in the series. The modify in hair style is typically used as means to brandish change and or growth in their graphic symbol.
• In early 2016, Koyomi won the 2d annual best guy voting competition on the subreddit r/anime^[8].

Gallery

On Volume 13 of the manga.

Comprehend of Manga Volume 14 Special Edition

Koyomi as a kid.

A more realistically fatigued Araragi

Araragi as he appears in the Kizumonogatari films. He has his bangs covering the left side of his face instead of his usual right.

Vampire Araragi with sharp fangs

Araragi's outfit is besides rather unique in the films, sporting a brownish hoodie with a peace symbol necklace.

Araragi with a white sweatshirt in the 2d Kizumonogatari film.

Araragi in the third Kizumonogatari flick

References

1. ↑ Bakemonogatari Episode 01: Hitagi Crab, Part 1
2. ↑ Bakemonogatari Episode 02: Hitagi Crab, Part ii
3. ↑ ^{iii.0 three.1} 2nd Season Episode 07: Mayoi Jiangshi, Part 1
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.ane} Second Season Episode 08: Mayoi Jiangshi, Part 2
5. ↑ ^{v.0 v.1} 2nd Season Episode 09: Mayoi Jiangshi, Part 3
6. ↑ ^{half-dozen.0 6.1} 2nd Season Episode 10: Mayoi Jiangshi, Part 4
7. ↑ VOFAN Twitter
8. ↑ /r/Anime Best Guy Contest ii

Navigation

five•e Characters of the Monogatari Series
Araragi Family unit	Koyomi Araragi • Karen Araragi • Tsukihi Araragi • Araragi Matriarch
Heroines	Hitagi Senjougahara • Mayoi Hachikuji • Suruga Kanbaru • Nadeko Sengoku • Tsubasa Hanekawa/Blackness Hanekawa • Shinobu Oshino • Sodachi Oikura • Ougi Oshino
Oddity Specialists	Meme Oshino • Deishuu Kaiki • Yozuru Kagenui • Yotsugi Ononoki • Izuko Gaen • Tadatsuru Teori • Seishirou Shishirui
Hearsay Police Department	Zenka Suo • Nozomi Kizashima • Mitome Saisaki • Tsuzura Kouga
Vampire Hunters	Dramaturgy • Episode • Guillotine Cutter
Other Characters	Hitagi's Father • Hitagi's Mother • Tsunade • Mayoi'due south Male parent • Tooe Gaen • Suruga'south Begetter • Suruga's Grandmother • Nadeko's Parents • Tsubasa'due south Parents • Mizudori • Rousokuzawa • Seiu Higasa • Rouka Numachi • Sasayabu • Komichi Tetsujou • Deathtopia Virtuoso Suicide-Master • Tropicalesque Home-A-Wave Dog-Strings

v•e Oddities of the Monogatari Series
Types	Vampire • Sawarineko • Heavy Stone Crab • Lost Cow • Rainy Devil • Jagirinawa • Flame-Wreathe Bee • Shide no Tori • Tsukumogami • Slug Tofu
Oddity Inflicted Characters	Koyomi Araragi • Tsubasa Hanekawa • Hitagi Senjougahara • Suruga Kanbaru • Nadeko Sengoku • Karen Araragi
Oddity Characters	Shinobu Oshino • Mayoi Hachikuji • Black Hanekawa • Dramaturgy • Episode • Yotsugi Ononoki • Tsukihi Araragi • Ougi Oshino • Kako • Kuchinawa • Rouka Numachi • Seishirou Shishirui • Zenka Suo • Nozomi Kizashima • Mitome Saisaki • Deathtopia Virtuoso Suicide-Main • Tropicalesque Home-A-Wave Canis familiaris-Strings

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